Blood Tests Overwhelm Amarillo City Health Lab
Selective Service requires mass blood testing at Amarillo city hall. The top floor lab processes about 3 500 tests monthly with lines of men twice weekly. Chief chemist Jack Wyatt notes 100 tests per week, while daily mail brings hundreds of test tubes to the lab. State health adds technicians, and tests extend to nearly every man drafted in the Panhandle.
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Selective Service
Health Department
Amarillo
Jack Wyatt
City Health Unit
Panhandle
State Department of Health
Fire Eating Act at Amarillo USO Amateur Show
Corporal Burns will perform a fire eating act at the USO amateur show in the Auditorium on Sunday night between 8 and 9. A 30 minute KFDA broadcast will precede the show with Capt. Sid ney Kring as MC. Others listed include Pic Barney Easton Pvt Irving Timer Pvt Bill McMichael and Corp Weldon Bryant.
Star of East Replaces Loss for Santa Visit
A new six foot star atop the court house signals Santa Claus arrival at 4 pm tomorrow. The original Star of Bethlehem was seized by trash collectors and burned at the dump. A festive reception follows with an hour of child interviews on the court house lawn then a 7 30 pm evening reception.
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Court House
Santa Claus
Bethlehem
Hitler
Hirohito
New York
Jeanette MacDonald
Gene Raymond
U. S. Airforce
England
Jeanette
Raymond
Pin Lost Downtown Reward Offered
Shopper mourns loss of a large gold lapel pin with red stones from a son. Believed lost on Polk Street between Penneys and Kress’s. Call 2-4260 for return and reward.
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Tack
Air Corps
Penney's
Kress's
Polk Street
Pearl Harbor memory prompts enlistment in Amarillo
Pvt. Kirchgestner, civilian contractor at Pearl Harbor last December, witnessed the attack that drew him into the Army. He recalls the early disbelief, the Rising Sun symbol on a Japanese plane, and the air duel that ended with the Japanese aircraft downed as the nation faced war.
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Kirchgestner
Pearl Harbor
Wake Island
Pacific
Navy
Army
Japan
Honolulu
San Francisco
Pacific Naval Air Base
Atoll
Denver
Sheppard Field
Amarillo Field
Corp
Hobart
KGNC
Cost of living study urged by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt urged studying the cost impact of a House bill including farm wages in parity prices. He opposed the revised parity formula, warning it could lift living costs. Lawmakers and officials debated effects and potential subsidies to maintain retail price ceilings during wartime.
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Roosevelt
Washington
House
Congress
Leon Henderson
Spprenty
Henderson
Thomas
Oklahoma
Agriculture Committee
Smith
South Carolina
Wheeler
Montana
Senate
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Rep
Pace
Democrat
Georgia
Laredo
Wayne Edward Banning
D. O. Gallagher
Doris Munt
Windsor
Rubber Plant Delays Risk U S Stockpiles
Rubber Director William M. Jeffers warned of possible delays in synthetic rubber plant construction that could push the U S stockpile below the 120000 ton disaster deadline. He noted shortages of fabricated components hinder plant production, risking crude rubber for tires and military uses.
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Washington
William M. Jeffers
Baruch Report
Donald M. Nelson
Jeffers
Baruch Committee
Losses and heroism amid Pearl Harbor and North Africa action
Reports recount civilian and military responses at Pearl Harbor with volunteers aiding fires on ships after a Jap air attack. Separate dispatch notes submarines sinking five U S transports off the North African coast with low casualty toll as troops had disembarked, detailing ships damaged or sunk in Casablanca harbor and surrounding action.
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U. S
Africa
Edward Rutledge
Hugh L. Scott
Casablanca
French Morocco
North African
Navy
Washington
Grandiere
Brestois
Boulonnais
Frondeur
Fongeux
Primaguet
Albatros
Milan
Jean Bart
L’alcyon
Relief for Your Cough Promises Fast Rest and Sleep
A drug advertisement touts Creomulsion as an effective remedy for coughs chest colds and acute bronchitis. It claims quick relief loosens phlegm soothes inflamed bronchial membranes and permits rest with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Dr Earl Mann Elected President of American Business Club
Dr Earl Mann was elected president of the American Business Club at noon during the regular meeting at the Capitol Hotel. Roy Greenhill was the outgoing president. Rex Baxter spoke on gas rationing. plans were made for the December 7 bond drive and a resolution supported Amarillo city ordinances banning inflammable decorations in night clubs.
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DR. Mann
American Business Club
Earl Mann
Capitol Hotel
Roy Greenhill
John Ekelund
Hugh Sticksel
Ed Lynch
C. R. Brock
Douglas Jones
Luther Roberts
Roy Britain
E. M. Blackburn, Jr
Board of Governors
Henry Charless
Paul Boxwell
M . Wilson
B. P. Brents
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Hollywood Has Golden Opportunity For Fresh Movie Fare
JIMMY FIDLER notes Hollywood's wartime film boom despite taxes and ceilings. He urges producers to experiment and bring new brains, players, and better fare to the screen for lasting profits. Idol Chat: gossip bits on Betty Grable, Gypsy Rose Lee, Jinx Falkenburg, and more.
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Hollywood
America
Filmville
Betty Grable
Gypsy Rose Lee
Jinx Falk
Submarine War Yields Initial American Victory
The Tre de Ouessant and San Blaise, each about 6 187 tons, led a fleet with a dozen merchant ships spared. No American ships were lost in this early success before subs later sank transports unloading at the open roadstead off Dedhala.
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Tre de Ouessant
San Blaise
Dedhala
Memories of Hollywood Stars and Fan Moments
Gene talks his letters to her as a playful memory. A batch arrives that day. The piece recalls funeral autograph scenes with Jean Harlow and other screen notables. It weaves in tales of Dietrich, Grayson, Banky, Bennett, Oakie and vaudeville dreams, with a punchline about hair.
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Gene
Jean Harlow
Marlene Dietrich
MGM
Katherine Grayson
Wilma Banky
Connie Bennett
Jack Oakie
Jessel
Jolson
Benny
Crosby
Bergen
Bernie
Baker
Hope
Noel Coward
Suspended Sentence In Attack Case
Mor tis Black, a young studio worker charged with attacking Betty Hansen a 17 year old waitress, was found guilty of a misdemeanor and given a one year suspended sentence. The case involved film star Errol Flynn and occurred in Hollywood on December 4.
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Hollywood
Mortis Black
Errol Flynn
Betty Hansen
Parking Meter Revenue Slump Amid Bus Loading Changes
Houston reports a sharp drop in meter revenue for November 1941 to 3141, blamed on removing 308 meters for bus loading space and a rubber shortage. Officials expect further declines with gasoline rationing in effect. Col. L H Hewitt honored at Galveston dinner by Texas leaders. Lieut Col W G Saville to replace him amid overseas duty talk. Before the war China had 108 colleges.
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Houston
U.P
Jack Summers
Col. Hewitt
Galveston
Col
L. H. Hewitt
Texas
Colonel Hewitt
Rep
J. J. Mansfield
Munger T. Ball
Port Arthur
Sabine- Neches
C. S. E. Holland
Intracoastal Canal Association of
Louisiana
Hugh E. Prath
Stevenson Doubts Rubber Shortage Exists
San Antonio reports Gov Coke Stevenson told Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association delegates that he doubts a rubber shortage, noting 310000 tons were allocated for export in 1942 while 272000 tons go to the army and 82000 tons to lend‑lease shipping. He questioned exporting more if the U.S. lacks supply.
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San Antonio
United States
Coke R. Stevenson
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association
Rubber Chief Seeks Control of Gas Rationing
William M. Jeffers, head of the Rubber Director, warned that synthetic rubber plant construction is dangerously behind schedule and requested full control over gasoline rationing to reduce public confusion.
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Washington
William M. Jeffers
Stevenson Warns Against Government Bureaucrats Over Gasoline Rationing
The convention delegates heard Stevenson criticize government bureaucrats claiming they cry wolf on rationing. He cited the U S rubber stockpile and synthetic rubber plans to assure there is enough rubber for civilian use.
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Stevenson
United States
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Mickey Rooney
Mae West
Carole Landis
Jane Russell
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